What Life Was Like For A Baker During The Victorian Era | Victorian Bakers

The bakers have said goodbye to the brutal working conditions of the 1870s urban bakery. It is now 1900 and Britain's middle classes are enjoying the democratisation of luxury. Bakers were quick to cash in - this time, the bakers have an elegant shop on the high street. Their new workplace boasts...

50 min - Food & Drink - Absolute History

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